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List Price: $14.98Amazon.com's Price: $12.99 You Save: $1.99 (13%)Prices subject to change.
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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
Brand: LION'S GATE ENTERTAINMENT
EAN: 0012236125358
Format: Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
Label: Lions Gate
Manufacturer: Lions Gate
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Lions Gate
Region Code: 1
Release Date: April 23, 2002
Running Time: 102 minutes
Sales Rank: 13446
Studio: Lions Gate
Theatrical Release Date: 1978
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Editorial Review:
Product Description:
Robert Mitchum is back as the legendary private investigator Philip Marlowe. This adaptation of Raymond Chandler's classic hard-boiled detective mystery features an all-star cast.Marlowe is hired by a retired general (James Stewart) to find out who has been blackmailing the old man's wild daughters (Sarah Miles and Candy Clark). At the same time he has to try to locate the missing husband of one of the daughters. Marlowe's search leads through a dangerous thicket of murder and suicide in the seedy criminal underworld straight to the headquarters of the notorious nightclub owner and gangland boss Eddie Mars (Oliver Reed). Expert storyteller Raymond Chandler spins a masterful web of deceit creating an intricate spellbinding mystery full of bare-knuckle action and heart-pounding suspense.System Requirements: Running Time 102 MinFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: DRAMA Rating: R UPC: 012236125358 Manufacturer No: 12535
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When you first start watching the 1978 version, I, like probably many other viewers, do a double take because the scenes are definately not LA. THE BIG SLEEP is as the case says, "A spellbinding mystery full of bare-knuckle action and heart-pounding suspense."
I had already reviewed THE BIG SLEEP by Chandler on Amazon as well as the 1946 Bogart/Bacall movie classic.
I was curious about the Mitchum version.
Last night, I got my chance to sit by the fire and watch ... Read More
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There are probably as many reasons as there are people remaking films. Probably the two most compelling reasons are that the film-makers believe they can 1. make money or 2. do better.
While Michael Winner is an excellent director for the most part, he might have only achieved the first objective. Might because people like me are Chandler fans enough to rent the film and see what it's like. I can't imagine anyone wanting to buy this film. I really wouldn't recommend watching more than ... Read More
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Unhampered by Production Code restraints, this 1978 version of Raymond Chandler's novel is more faithful to its source material than the 1946 classic with Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall. Viewed today, the contemporary London setting works in director Michael Winner's favor. Of course, the film's raison d'être is Robert Mitchum's second go-round as Philip Marlowe - an iconic portrayal that perfectly captures the world-weary spirit of Chandler's famous detective. An excellent supporting cast includes ... Read More
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I've watched this film a dozen times or more, and each time I find more things to recommend it as an adaptation of the book. Read that carefully: It's an adaptation of the book. It's got some clinkers, and it has indeed been transferred from pre-1940s Los Angeles to late 1970s London. Strangely, however, Chandler's novel proves as sturdy as Shakespeare, in terms of being re-adapted in a new setting.
Much of the dialog comes directly from the book, which is a fascinating and huge "plus" to the ... Read More
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The American movie star Robert Mitchum headlines the 1978 English-made adaptation of Californian Raymond Chandler's famous noir novel, "The Big Sleep," generally considered an inferior remake of the 1946 American-made adaptation of the same novel, starring Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall. In any case, the plot centers on private investigator Marlowe, called to the aid of a rich family, the Sternwoods, who are being blackmailed. It then meanders to many highways and byways.
The 1946 American ... Read More
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